VOA慢速英语 2008 0228b

ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. The history of the United States Constitution is a long and interesting story that we have been telling now for several weeks. Today w e continue with the conve

News & Reports 2010-12-25

Hello and Welcome to News and Reports on China Radio International. In This Edition Amid tensions on the Korean peninsula, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is using tough rhetoric and vowing a counterstrike against North Korea. An Italian anarchi

VOA慢速英语 2008 0221b

ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in VOA Special English. Detail from ''Washington as Statesman at the Constitutional Convention,'' by Junius Brutus Stearns, 1856 In May of seventeen eighty-seven, a group of America's

刚果小矿工填补大企业留下的洞穴

AS IT IS 2016-07-29 Congo's Small Miners Fill Hole Left by Big Businesses 刚果小矿工填补大企业留下的洞穴 As large mining companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo are eliminating jobs, government officials are expanding the role of

经济学人:印度中央银行(2)

The biggest thing Mr Gurumurthy is thought to have helped get done is demonetisation in 2016, 普遍认为古穆绥帮助做成的最大一件事就是2016年的货币废止， when 86% of bank notes by value were abruptly withdrawn from circulation

CNN 2009-03-17

Good morning, I am Reggie Aqui from the CNN center in Atlanta. Here is what's happening NOW IN THE NEWS. The focus is of course on the economy once again today, as President Obama meets with small business owners and community leaders this afternoon

SSS 2009-08-13

Thin plastic bags are the ultimate throwaway item. Used once to tote groceries, the thin white bags often go on to second lives as permanent pollution and an eyesore. So a host of countries, cities and other governments have banned them or forced con

2006年VOA标准英语-Big Companies Receive Federal Government Contra

By Mil Arcega Washington, DC 10 August 2006 watch Small Business Contracts Some U.S. lawmakers want the government to investigate whether large businesses intentionally misrepresented themselves in order to win federal contracts. The request comes a

科罗拉多州将公投决定医疗制度

AS IT IS 2016-10-07 Colorado Voters to Decide on Health Care System 科罗拉多州将公投决定医疗制度 Voters in the western state of Colorado will decide next month if they want their state to have a single-payer health care system. Under su

VOA标准英语2010年-French Government Debates Reforms as U

Unrest continues in France as the government debates a reform to France's retirement system that has sparked more than a week of action targeting transport. Demonstrators blocked access to Marseille airport and continue to block fuel depots halting g

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Refocuses Financial Bailout to Small

By Kent Klein White House 21 October 2009 President Barack Obama speaks at Metropolitan Archives facility, in Landover, Maryland, 21 Oct 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama is announcing plans to make more credit available to America's small businesses

TED演讲：怎样从错误中学习(2)

In the time that passes between when I was a kid in high school and when I started teaching, 在过去的这几年间，从我还在念高中到我开始教书的时候， we really see the advent of the Internet. 我们真的亲眼目睹网络的发展

EXPLORATIONS - International Spy Museum

EXPLORATIONS -August 7, 2002: International Spy Museum VOICE ONE: This is Mary Tillotson. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we tell about a mu

VOA常速英语2008年-Small Business Administration Partners with Bus

By Ravi Khanna Washington 28 April 2008 The U.S. government and a group that promotes trade with India announced this week they have signed an agreement to help small businesses in both countries. The initiative was inked during Small Business Week i

中国为小微企业减税

Small and micro-sized companies in China are seeing their corporate income tax cut by half. Chinese tax authorities have announced companies with annual incomes of less than 200-thousand yuan are going to see their rates cut down to 10-percent. The t

2007年VOA标准英语-Nigerian Unions Ponder Government Concessions O

By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 19 June 2007 The Nigerian government has offered concessions to the country's two main labor unions to head off a nationwide strike set for Wednesday. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja says the unions may arrive at a final decision

Nigerian Unions Call for Fuel Price Strike, Protests

Nigeria's main unions have called for nationwide strikes and demonstrations beginning next Monday, unless the government restores a popular consumer fuel subsidy. The Nigeria Labor Congress and Trade Union Congress made the announcement Wednesday aft

China reiterates enhanced support for small firms

BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China's Cabinet, on Thursday required local authorities to take further steps in enhancing fiscal and tax support for the country's small and micro-sized companies and relieving their financing diff

China to give further support to small, micro-sized firms

BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, or the Cabinet, on Wednesday called for more efforts to support the sound development of small and micro-sized enterprises. Small and micro-sized firms serve as a significant channel for creating job

Nigerian President Announces Government Austerity

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan went on television Saturday to promise that the government will share hardship with ordinary citizens, hit by rising fuel costs. The president announced that foreign travel of government officials will be reduced